What kind of survey questions could be so disturbing as to cause parents, who have asked to remain anonymous, to contact TheBlaze? Here is just one example. (Please know that the survey contained grammar and spelling errors that we have not corrected.)

If President Obama were caucasian how much more or less criticism do you think he would he recieve? (sic)

A lot less Somewhat less No difference Somewhat more A lot more

The students had to log into their “Edline” account to take the survey, which means their answers were matched up to their student accounts.

We got in touch with a woman at the company named “Tina,” who identified herself as a “system operator.” When we asked about anonymity, Tina responded, “I can’t imagine how they (students) could retain anonymity if they logged in using their user name and password.”

Maryland is Common Core compliant — the results of this survey could be dumped into the state’s SLDS (State Longitudinal Data System) which has to report to the Department of Education database at least twice a year.